Advanced Facilitator Program (AFP) = Professional Facilitator Program (PFP) + ToP Facilitation Essentials (TFE) + Facilitative Leadership Program (FLP) + Personal Coaching
The AFP is our best and most comprehensive training. You will be able to confidently handle anything given to you as a facilitator or facilitative leader. More than that you will be equipped to initiate major change and transformation in any organization or group.
The Technology of Participation (ToP) is a constellation of life understandings and methods that value inclusive participation and profound respect in a wide variety of settings and applications.
Certified ToP Facilitators (CTF) are known and respected worldwide and facilitate a culture of participation in almost every field of endeavour. You will have an important role in the change and transformation that groups must go through and will be respected by your peers. The Advanced Facilitator Program helps you have deep positive impact on individuals, groups and entire organizations. It prepares you to handle the most challenging facilitation with profound respect for group wisdom and the ability to draw out wise results, motivation and commitment.
The AFP prepares you and takes you through ICA CTF Certification, and also IAF CPF Certification. It includes mentoring and the price of ICA CTF Certification, but not IAF CPF Certification which, if you want it, must be arranged and paid directly to the International Association of Facilitators. The AFP includes about 18 hours of personal mentoring and coaching and assistance in preparing your portfolio for certification.
The curriculum of the Advanced Facilitator Program includes
- Group Facilitation Methods (GFM) – 2 days
- Meetings That Work (MTW) – 2 days
- Facilitating Client Collaboration (FCC) – 2 days
- Transformational Strategy (TST) – 3 days
- Organizational Transformation (ORG) – 3 days
- Leading Dynamic Teams (DYN) – 2 days
- Facilitating Conciliation (CON) – 2 days
- Power of Image Change (IMC) – 2 days
- Participation Paradigm (PPR) – 2 days
- Art and Science of Participation (AAS) – 6 days
You can take the In-Person (IP) classroom, Live-Online (LO) scheduled, or Self-Directed (SD) online version of these courses. The Self-directed (SD) version is available only for GFM, MTW, FCC and TST.
Flexible Program
The ten courses of the Advanced Facilitator Program can be spread out over a year or more but Group Facilitation Methods should be taken near the beginning. You can consult with your mentor on the order of courses and also whenever you get a client during the program.
The AFP package is a flexible program of study, practice and mentoring. Ten courses can be taken in a year, or spread out over several in any order. Group Facilitation Methods must be taken before all courses except Meetings That Work, Facilitating Client Collaboration or Facilitating Conciliation.
There is plenty of theory, demonstration, application, practice and feedback in all these courses.
Registration
Register online for the Advanced Facilitator Program, then select course dates when you have decided on them. Take as long as you want to complete the ten. Price is CAD$17,760 plus applicable tax and reflects a 20% discount from individual courses.
If you have already taken courses prior to joining the AFP you can put 80% of the cost of those courses toward the AFP price.
Before you pay you will be contacted to complete a Learning Contract with ICA Associates Inc. You will be assigned a mentor to help you navigate the entire learning journey. Your invoice will reflect a 20% discount off the courses.
Course Selection
Your assigned mentor will help you with course registration.
Or you can register online for each course individually once you have selected a date. Select a course and date and go through the normal online registration procedure. Select the “Purchase Order” option. You don’t need to add any more information. Just use the “Submit” button. We already have all the information we need.
Select one each of GFM, MTW, FCC, TST, ORG, CON, DYN, IMC, PPR and AAS. You can change dates at a later time with no penalty by emailing our Registrar at ica@ica-associates.ca or talking with your mentor.
- Learn all the skills of the Professional Facilitator Program (PFP) AND the Facilitative Leadership Program (FLP).
- Call and ask your assigned mentor for specific advice on how to facilitate difficult upcoming programs. You can call in real time if you need to during actual facilitation events you are leading, or during breaks in the engagement.
- Up to 18 hours of telephone mentoring with master facilitators will give you the confidence you need to take on big projects.
The Advanced Facilitator Program (AFP) prepares you for the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) certification and also Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) Certified ToP Facilitation (CTF) certification. A flexible program, it begins with a personal learning contract and includes 23 days of course work, with practice, coaching, mentoring, observation and feedback. You will also develop portfolios needed in the certification.
Group Facilitation Methods - Powerful methods to facilitate and build consensus.
Meetings That Work - Practical tools to design and lead effective meetings.
Facilitating Client Collaboration - Design facilitation approaches with your client.
Transformational Strategy - Strategic thinking to produce breakthrough actions.
Leading Dynamic Teams - Generate collaboration, action and accountability.
Facilitating Conciliation - Beyond conflict resolution.
Organizational Transformation - Diagnose and leverage system wide change.
Power of Image Change - Internal images and behavioural change.
Participation Paradigm - The basis of Technology of Participation (ToP) methodology.
Art & Science of Participation - Deepen understanding design and practice.
Take courses in any order but Group Facilitation Methods must be taken before all courses except Meetings That Work and Facilitating Client Collaboration.
Includes 18 hours of mentoring and coaching throughout. Mentor will assist in developing your portfolio for certification.
Includes the price of ICA ToP Certification assessment.
Mentoring in included in the program. Each course has 1 hour of free mentoring, and additional mentoring is added totalling 18 hours. This is used to help you use with client work and to develop your portfolio for Certification.
